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Isa & Clinton’s easy-peasy, eco-friendly bush wedding

“Perhaps the thing that made our wedding most unusual was how EASY everything was! It all just fell into place, with minimal stress and effort.”

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Steff & James’ Viking Heavy Metal Halloween Wedding of Epicness

Happy almost-Halloween! Today marks our final post in our month-long celebration of Halloween weddings. The Offbeat Bride: Steff, Copywriter and Braille Transcriber Her Offbeat Partner: James, Geo-technician, Armourer and heavy metal drummer Location & date of wedding: Spookers, Kingseat Hospital Grounds, Kingseat, New Zealand — 1 November 2008 What made our wedding offbeat: James and […]

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Dannette & Nicholas’ musically inspired wedding

You saw the Twilight-esq wedding cupcake picture last week, and now here’s the whole story behind that wedding The offbeat bride: Dannette, Movie Sales Rep Her offbeat partner: Nicholas, Cement Truck Driver Location & date of wedding: Seventh-Day Adventist Church, Des Moines, Iowa — May 17th, 2009 What made our wedding offbeat: Nick and I […]

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How to tell family you didn’t change your last name (…and how to cash those checks written to the wrong name)

“When I get married, I am not planning on changing my name. Our families are not forward-thinking and are bound to assume I will take my future husband’s last name…”

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Olga & Sergei’s dark, gothic, wine-country escape

Despite saying they’re not goths, these two went for black rings, a black dress, no cake, no dances, and a non-traditional gothic style wedding.

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Jaleen & Andrew’s Surreal Love Circus Party-time Wedding

Remember the wedding style-induced fashion-gasm I had last week? Well get ready for more of it, because Janleen’s been kind enough to give us the whole scoop! The offbeat bride: Jaleen, Designer/Project Manager/Flying Trapeze Instructor Her offbeat partner: Andrew, Designer/DJ/Juggler Location & date of wedding: Supperclub, San Francisco CA — September 5, 2009 What made […]